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US President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Office of the White House on January 11.
US President Donald Trump joked about his alleged ties with Russia after claims that the FBI had started to investigate whether he was a Russian asset.
Trump cited "Fox and Friends" on Twitter on Monday morning, touting a claim that gas prices in the US are falling because he had curtailed regulations on the industry.
Trump wrote that this meant the US is "now producing a great deal more oil than ever before."
Trump then joked that he wouldn't do this if he was allied with Russia.
"But this is bad news for Russia, why would President Trump do such a thing? Thought he worked for Kremlin?," he tweeted.
The FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump was intentionally or unintentionally working for the Russians after he fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017, according to a bombshell New York Times report.
"Gas prices drop across the United States because President Trump has deregulated Energy and we are now producing a great deal more oil than ever before." @foxandfriends But this is bad news for Russia, why would President Trump do such a thing? Thought he worked for Kremlin?
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 14 January 2019